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Seedance 2.0 Reference to Video

Keep the visual cues. Give them a new moving scene.

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Seedance 2.04–15 s · 4K

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Mika // LIVE
Mika // LIVE

Create a 15-second vertical character trailer for Mika // LIVE, with English speech, synchronized dialogue, music and sound effects. You are the director: choose the shots, pacing, transitions and concise original dialogue yourself from the story below. @Image 1 is the facial identity reference for Mika, the 19-year-old female lead. Cast this same woman in newly created scenes. Preserve her recognizable face, black hair, black cat-ear knit hat and nose bandage. Treat the image as an actor reference, not a starting frame or a composition to animate. Her posture, expressions, gaze and physical performance should respond naturally to what is happening. Mika is a loud, reckless, funny underground mech-combat streamer in a sleepless, layered city built from abandoned rail infrastructure. At night, illegal ranked mech fights become the city's favorite livestream entertainment. Her battered red mech, Meal Ticket, is a patched-together wreck she pilots like she owns the arena. During a furious match she banters with her viewers, boasts and passes off a near-disaster as an intentional move. She is genuinely having fun, even while her machine is falling apart. Then she calls out to her co-pilot Ashin out of habit. No answer. His seat is empty, his harness is still buckled, and the cockpit hatch never opened. Ashin himself remains unseen; the impossible absence is the mystery. The fight does not stop. An opponent is still closing in, while her audience mistakes her reaction for another stunt. For once, the girl who always has a comeback cannot tell her viewers the truth. She cuts the public stream and makes a private call to you, a quiet longtime viewer whose ID she remembers. The danger is still close. She tries to keep her swagger, but now she needs you to stay on the line. Leave the disappearance and why she chose you unresolved. Make the shift from chaotic fun to real alarm compelling and clear, with energetic physical action and a believable change in her voice and expression. Let the situation carry the story through brief natural dialogue rather than a lore-explaining narrator.

15 s

Whoops! Total... Intentional drift! You guys love that, don't you? Ashen? Hey, it's me. Keep this line open, yeah?

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  1. Character identity reference
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  3. Mika // LIVE
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Mika // LIVE
Whoops! Total... Intentional drift! You guys love that, don't you? Ashen? Hey, it's me. Keep this line open, yeah?
Adrian Vale
You're late. I've been waiting a long time.

Seedance 2.0 at a glance

Good at
Strongest on complex motion and physics, multi-shot storytelling. 4–15s, up to 4K.
Modes
Text to Video, Image to Video, First & Last Frame, Reference to Video
Length
4–15 s (presets 5, 10, 15 s)
Resolution
480p, 720p, 1080p, 4K
Aspect ratios
16:9, 9:16, 1:1, 4:3, 3:4, 21:9
Image-led framing
Choose an output aspect ratio
Sound
On by default, can be switched off
Reference images
Up to 9
Tiers
Standard · Fast (480p/720p) · Mini (480p/720p)

About

Reference images can supply a character, an object or a visual direction while the prompt defines a new scene. Use Seedance 2.0 reference to video for those cues without making one image the required opening frame. Explain each reference and keep the action focused enough to judge. The model supports up to nine reference images, 4–15-second clips and audio that can be switched off. Standard offers output through 4K; Fast and Mini offer 480p or 720p. Review how the shot used each reference, including details that changed during movement.

Questions

How is reference to video different from image to video?

Image to Video uses a supplied start frame. Reference to Video uses images as guidance for the scene in the prompt. Choose the start-frame workflow if the exact opening composition matters.

How many references does Seedance 2.0 support?

Its model configuration supports up to nine image references. Identify which one shows the subject, setting or visual treatment, and leave out images that do not contribute useful direction.

Can I use references on Fast or Mini?

The current configuration includes reference-to-video on Standard, Fast and Mini. Fast and Mini offer 480p or 720p; Standard has the wider range through 4K. Check the selected options before sending.

What should I write alongside the images?

Name the important reference details, then describe the action, camera and pace. For example: use the sculpture image for its shape and the studio image for its light; make one slow camera move around the sculpture.

Does a reference lock every detail?

Inspect recognizable features, materials and continuity throughout the clip. References guide the shot; they do not establish that every detail will remain identical in every frame.